The Journey Thus Far...
Beck Metzbower from AUDACITY exhibit 2017 oil on canvas
Enjoy a brief, concise peek into the past nine years of my journey in the arts industry as a visual artist.
Beck Metzbower 2019 oil on canvas, Wilson College Permanent Collection
2011
STUDENT ART EXHIBITIONS, BOGIGIAN GALLERY
Beck Metzbower began exhibiting art during student art exhibits in The Bogigian Gallery, a gallery located in Lortz Hall at Wilson College.
2012
LOCAL ARTISTS EXHIBIT, MILLER WAREHOUSE
This exhibit featured local artists, exclusively, and was held in a renovated industrial warehouse. Beck Metzbower exhibited two large mixed media paintings that were over 4ftX4ft.
2013
TWO ARTIST EXHIBIT, THE THOUGHT LOT
B.A. Capstone Exhibit featuring 30 highly textured paintings.
2013
TRIO ARTIST EXHIBIT, BOGIGIAN GALLERY
Graduating B.A. class of 2013 exhibit, featuring two selected Capstone paintings.
2014
METZBOWER, WASHINGTON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL
Solo main exhibit at the Washington County Arts Council featuring mixed media, oil paintings, and sketches.
2014
221B, A MONOCROMATIC EXHIBIT, MAIN STREET CHAMBERSBURG
An artist-curated exhibit featuring black & white oil paintings and mixed media.
2014
ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBIT, SHAPE GALLERY
This Shippensburg, Pennsylvania gallery exhibit featured art from local artists in their annual ‘Members Exhibit’. Beck Metzbower exhibited multiple oil paintings and mixed media pieces.
2015
VENUS ENVY, GALLERY 788
This Baltimore, Maryland gallery exhibit featured an all-female line-up of artists. Exhibit hosted during Baltimore Riots of 2015 and artist, Beck Metzbower, donated exhibit painting to proceeding philanthropic auction raising funds for damages and repairs of affected Baltimore homes & businesses.
2015
ABSTRACT CONCEPTS: ARTWORKS BY DEE FREEMAN-JONES, ED HEAGY, BECK METZBOWER, 7 CHRISTINE TRAVERS, COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS OF CHAMBERSBURG
4-Artist show featuring abstract works. Beck Metzbower’s works included original oil paintings.
2016
ONGOING REPRESENTATION, The Foundry
Beck Metzbower’s work was part of an ongoing gallery representation in her (then) hometown of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
2017
AUDACITY, PRIVATE GALLERY
The artists’ annual exhibition, featuring her M.F.A. thesis body of art: a period of original abstract oil paintings.
2018
14, MULBERRY LOFTS
The artists’ annual exhibition featured an art installation and new original oil paintings.
2019
OBJECTS-AS-ACTION, THE COOLEY GALLERY
The Cooley Gallery’s First Annual Wilson MFA Community Exhibit featured one of Beck Metzbower’s pieces dubbed The Digestive System, an original oil painting detailing the artist’s digestive system.
2019
SESQUICENTENNIAL ALUMNI ART INVITATIONAL, THE COOLEY GALLERY
The Cooley Gallery featured one of Beck Metzbower, a Wilson College alum ’13 & ’17, respectively, original oil paintings.
2019
METZBOWER + DENIM COFFEE Co., DENIM COFFEE COMPANY
Solo exhibit at Denim Coffee Co. featuring bright, highly textured pieces from Porphura Period and Blue Period, both 2019 bodies of work.
2019
PURPLE HAZE: SELECTIVE PERCEPTIONS, WASHINGTON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL
The Washington County Arts Council’s substance abuse & addiction prevention juried exhibit featured three of Beck Metzbower’s pieces from her 2019 ‘Porphura Period’.
2019
HOLD MY BEER, Private Gallery
The artists’ annual exhibition featured an art installation and new original paintings.
Beck Metzbower Porphura Period 2019 Oil on Canvas